Doubting Thomas / / Glenn W. Most.
From the New Testament, Glenn W. Most traces Thomas's permutations through the centuries: as Gnostic saint, missionary to India, paragon of Christian orthodoxy, hero of skepticism, and negative example of doubt, blasphemy, and violence. This work shows how Thomas's story, in its many guise...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2007 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- I. The Textual Basis -- Seeing and Believing -- Before Thomas: The Synoptic Gospels -- Believing and Touching: The Gospel of John -- Touching a God -- II. Responses and Developments -- Sources and Reflections -- Narrative Developments: The Apocrypha and Beyond -- Exegetical Reactions: From the Church Fathers to the Counter-Reformation -- Pictorial Versions: Thomas in Sacred Images -- The Holy Finger -- Afterword -- Bibliographical Essays. Illustration Credits. Indexes -- Bibliographical Essays -- Illustration Credits -- General Index -- Index Locorum |
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Summary: | From the New Testament, Glenn W. Most traces Thomas's permutations through the centuries: as Gnostic saint, missionary to India, paragon of Christian orthodoxy, hero of skepticism, and negative example of doubt, blasphemy, and violence. This work shows how Thomas's story, in its many guises, touches upon central questions of religion, philosophy, hermeneutics, and, not least, life. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674041257 9783110756067 9783110442205 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674041257 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Glenn W. Most. |